Author Mitch Albom recounts his harrowing evacuation from Haiti along with nine other volunteers after violence and political unrest engulfed the Caribbean nation.
When chaos and violence once again engulfed Haiti after its government collapsed, best-selling author Mitch Albom, his wife Janine and eight volunteers were faced with the daunting question of how to get home. Amid rampant gang violence and fierce unrest, Albom and the others were airlifted from Haiti on Tuesday night in an effort spearheaded by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.
My thoughts are with our kids and the other Americans who are down there, and there's plenty of other people,' Albom added. 'There are so many Americans down there who volunteer with orphanages, organizations, water projects. There are Canadians down there, several thousand of them that we know of. There are other foreign nationals, that are not able to get out and, and I'm sure are living in fear of what's going to happen next. And so we can't forget about them.
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